ACTIVATE HIPSTER FAN POWERS.
Go Bengals. Just being here is ruining everyone else’s paradigm.
Commence whatevering NOW.
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ACTIVATE HIPSTER FAN POWERS.
Go Bengals. Just being here is ruining everyone else’s paradigm.
Commence whatevering NOW.
Comments are closed.
Punchy
Bungles gunna win their first playoff game since ’91?
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
Go Texans. Give your Perry-embarrassed masses something better to think about.
Suffern ACE
I’ve never liked those Bengal uniforms and await the day they change them back. So go Texans.
Mustang Bobby
Go Lions.
The last time the Lions were national champions was 1957, the same year Ford introduced the Edsel. Karmic coincidence?
wrb
A cool-headed look at the NDAA from a civil libertarian with considerably more horsepower & reliability than Greenwald:
Obama Signs the NDAA, World Does Not End (Yet)
Scott Horton (excerpt):
continues
John - A Motley Moose
@Mustang Bobby: Lions by 2, 30-28. You heard it here first.
handy
@Punchy:
Wasn’t Ickey still doing the Shuffle on that team?
Mark S.
The Saints are probably the hottest team in the League right now, so I’ll definitely go with them.
The other game? Texans, I guess.
Raven
AJ Greene!
Raven
@efgoldman: I get strange random subtitles in Spanish on the NBC broadcast. Someone said that Telemundo broadcasts the same feed so that may be it but it’s weird.
Suffern ACE
I would be very happy not to see New Orleans again this year and would not mind seeing the Lions a third time. So go Lions.
MikeJ
@efgoldman: I do prefer NBC’s scoreboard placement (centered on the bottom) to Fox’s. Fox’s scoreboard is top left, in the corner for standard def but strangely floating in space in HD. The floating in space is better than the way they screwed up during baseball season with the scoreboard in the HD left corner, therefore invisible in standard def.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@efgoldman:
Camera angles? Other than the sideline and overhead cams, the angles are the same from each individual stadium- the camera wells are stationary.
Now the direction– the choice of which shot is being aired at a given moment- well, now we’re talkin’…
MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson
I reckon the Saints will beat Detroit, which makes me want to root for the under-lion. OTOH, I really find Suh deeply annoying.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@Suffern ACE:
I’m not scared of the Saints- since the game would be played at Lambeau on January 22.
That said, I’m rooting for the Lions anyway. Most of my friends and relatives here in Michigan who happen to be Lions fans deserve to celebrate for one more week.
BruceFromOhio
I’m digging all four teams playing today – a good day for NFL wild cards.
Go Bengals-Texans-Lions-Saints!
Legalize
Let’s go Bungles. Better figure out how to contain Foster on the edge though.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@efgoldman:
I think this is the Notre Dame crew. I’m not a fan of those broadcasts. The Sunday Night crew ain’t so bad.
It doesn’t help NBC that they’ve only got the two full-time football crews from which to choose.
Yutsano
@MikeJ: I never thought, in 2012, I’d be teasing PUMAs. On this very site no less. I feel…strangely fulfilled.
And PLAYOFFS??
WereBear (itouch)
Since this is an Open Thread, wanted to ask those on Twitter: I’m planning to tweet to my followers @WayofCats during the Animal Planet showing of Cat from Hell this evening.
This is a first for me; I basically tweet new blog posts and comments on articles I read. Welcome any tips from the more experienced!
kwAwk
Lions and Bengals in the Superbowl would make heads explode.
Nethead Jay
@Suffern ACE: You a Falcons guy. Well, I’m a Saints guy and I don’t think you’re gonna get your wish. They might get past the Giants but then it should be back to the Superdome to get beaten again… ;p
BruceFromOhio
Don’t fight with people. If someone get prickly, ignore them.
BruceFromOhio
@efgoldman: Missed it but could it have been the San Jacinto monument? That’s just outside of Houston.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@efgoldman:
Yeah, I know. We had that weather here yesterday. But today, in parts of the UP and the northern tip of the mitten, there was snow.
And dad’s seats are in the south end zone at Lambeau. I’ve been to many late-season games, and trust me, the prevailing winds are usually blasting me straight in the face, from the north, straight off the large bay from which the city gets its name.
If it’s N.O. at G.B. in the championship game, the Saints won’t be playing in friendly weather.
jeffreyw
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Nethead Jay
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): I’ll give you that you have that advantage. But Saints have a way of bringing their own heat. And it ain’t been that cold lately, so might not be much in the Packers favor ;)
MikeJ
@BruceFromOhio: Eeew. You do not want to go there. Have to drive through mile after mile of refineries. Just vile, unbreathable air. I had a headache for days after it.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@Nethead Jay:
That heat certainly dissipated quickly in Seattle last year.
ETA: Against the 7-9 Seahawks.
BruceFromOhio
@MikeJ: Heh. I used to live in Pasadena, about a mile from the ship channel. Been there! And it was quite an experience to walk around the deck of the Maine, listen to the Navy guys who lived through WWII-Pacific Theater.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
Oh, that’s where Donald Lee went.
BruceFromOhio
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): The Marshawn Lynch run for a TD is a highlight for the ages.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@BruceFromOhio:
Indeed.
Loneoak
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again):
With our blatant lack of a running game, I’m not sure a blizzardy game at Lambeau would be great for the Packers anyway.
Steeplejack
@WereBear (itouch):
Drink. A lot. That really seems to enhance Cole’s tweeting.
BO_Bill
Re: Contract Mandates
If I could be presumptuous enough to offer assistance to my friends at Balloon Juice.
I have perhaps very valuable personal experience of the trials and tribulations recently undertaken by certain blogs in the recent week. We need to agree that, in accordance with the HBD Denialism Belief System, all groupings of humans, subject to government regulation and/or Soros Open Societies blog-funding criteria, must appear to be demographically like a student body at a college with aging female hippies as admissions guardians.
So the best thing to do is for Balloon Juice to pay ABL her full asking price. Failure to do so will result in consequences. Sorry John, men with Asian origins do not count.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@Loneoak:
I don’t think we’re lacking a running game- Ryan Grant has been looking good- but that we just don’t utilize it that much. It’s not like we’ve had too. We score at will. Hell, the one blemish on the record included an assload of dropped passes by open receivers.
Nethead Jay
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): That was last year. Besides, that wasn’t so much just one thing but an all-around shitty game. Happens sometimes. But I assume you’re aware of the run Saints have had the last couple of months.
Not saying it’ll be easy, just that it won’t be a walk for your guys either. As far as I’m concerned, Saints and Packers are the best teams this season and should be the Super Bowl, but since that’s not possible it’ll just have to be the moral one, hopefully.
Omnes Omnibus
@Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): I agree. They run well whenever they choose to do it, but, with the aerial weapons they have, running doesn’t happen often. Grant is looking great, and, if Starks is fully healthy, they will be able to run on anyone.
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@Nethead Jay:
I think the Saints are built to play on artificial turf in optimal conditions. Look at their record: they played 5 games out of doors, 4 of those through October 16. They went 3-2. Yes, they beat the Titans in Nashville in December. The Titans.
Old Dan and Little Ann
That was a hell of an interception.
Raven
@jeffreyw: Artichoke Remoulade with shrimp for the Epiphany party tonight!
Mr Stagger Lee
Andy Andy Andy!!!!
gwangung
@Old Dan and Little Ann: heck yeah….
Yutsano
@Raven:
Pics and recipe naow plz?
Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)
@Omnes Omnibus:
When both Grant and Starks were playing, Starks looked damned good and Grant looked as if he was playing tentatively, like the injury was still bothering him. After Starks went down, it’s like a switch in Grant’s head was flipped.
Raven
@Yutsano:
4 eggs yolks
2 cups Olive oil
make the mayo with a whisk or food processor
fold in
shallots
garlic
parsley
Lea and Perrins
cayenne
s&p
lemon juice (don’t even think about any of that shit in a plastic squeezer
coarsely chopped frozen artichoke hearts
lil gerkin
eta creole mustard
chill it
serve it
Litlebritdifrnt
OT (oh wait) I was having a glass of wine with a VERY ULTRA CONSERVATIVE friend of mine last night. She is originally from Bulgaria so her right wing leanings are serious. During the Bush years she strenuously defended him, he could do no wrong, I mean literally. We eventually got around to politics and she told me in no uncertain terms that she could NOT vote for any of the Republican candidates. “Their assault on the rights of women are just totally alien to me”. She opined that she was fiscally conservative and their economic plans were somewhat attractive but when it came to social issues she could not support any of them. She said that she didn’t know if she could bring herself to vote for Obama, but ended the conversation with “if it comes down to Obama or one of those clowns, then I guess it will be Obama, he seems like the only grown up in the room”. I know it is only one person, but it really shocked me when she said it, I mean I would have thought that she would vote Republican no matter who the candidate but it appears that the woman’s health issues thing (she is a doctor) has really rattled her.
Cat Lady
@Litlebritdifrnt:
Yeah, I’ve asked a couple of righties I know what they’re thinking, and they are about as unenthused as it’s possible to be. They REALLY don’t like Romney.
WereBear (itouch)
It’s a sad thing that it had to get THIS bad for her to notice they mean what they say?
Old Dan and Little Ann
My idiot neighbor told me during a neighborhood party this summer he would be voting for Abo come hell or high water (Anybody But Obama). Sadly, I have not not seem him since.
jeffreyw
@Raven: Yay! Burgers and fries for we.
Raven
@jeffreyw: Sweet, I can almost remember what beef tastes like when I see that.
RossInDetroit
We just got back from our favorite terr0rist Arabic restaurant on the terr0rist Arabic side of town. They had the football game on and people were speaking in English. The terr0rist restaurants really have let their standards slip.
The food’s still outstanding though.
Raven
@RossInDetroit: Was Ali Haji-Sheikh there?
stevestory
downloaded greasemonkey
added cleek’s filter
clicked ‘edit this script’
picked notepad.
got this:
wtf
please advise.
Steeplejack
@RossInDetroit:
No, they’re just burrowing deeper into sleeper mode.
MikeJ
@stevestory: You don’t need to edit the script anymore to make it work. Just highlight the name of the person to block, hit the “add selected” button at the bottom of the page.
That said, there are some things you can play with in the source, but only if you’re comfortable with javascript.
stevestory
I just don’t understand why several sources say open the .js file in notepad, and when i do it looks all verklempt.
Steeplejack
I’m bailing on this game. Looks like the Texans have it wrapped up. Going to see to my dinner needs and be ready for a fresh start on the Lions-Saints game.
Also, TCM is showing a raft of Charles Chaplin movies overnight. Highlights (all times EST): City Lights at 8:00 p.m., Modern Times at 9:30 p.m., The Kid at 1:15 a.m. and The Gold Rush (my favorite) at 4:45 a.m.
JPL
Yates went to school not to far from me and a friend was principal at his middle school so guess I’m cheering for Houston. I still hate they beat the Falcons though.
stevestory
Reinstalled filter, didn’t touch it, typed Veritas, highlighted it, clicked ‘add selected’, refreshed page, comment unaffected.
I remember it being a pain last time i used it. had to remove hidden characters from the .js file using notepad2 IIRC. Fuck it.
stevestory
nm:
dr. bloor
Marv Lewis should be teaching gym someplace. Shit.
stevestory
the location and width of the pie filter bar made me think that like the above buttons they had to act on items in the text entry box.
stevestory
now to go find a kola noscopy comment.
JPL
Yates might not be a Brees but he still was able to step up and help the Texans win.
MikeJ
@stevestory:
Alternate line endings. Windows requires /r/n, unix uses /n, mac uses /r. Your notepad doesn’t seem to convert line endings on open. Another text editor might work, but make sure it saves in plain txt format.
Thoroughly Pizzled
Go, Lions!
Nethead Jay
@Thoroughly Pizzled: No, Geaux Saints!
Loneoak
Megatron has to be the best NFL nickname.
FlipYrWhig
@wrb: Thanks. Interesting. Jonathan Turley, BTW, is like Glenn Greenwald plus success. Whenever Turley was a guest on the Olbermann show my wife and I had a running joke about how soon he’d say he was “very concerned” about Issue Du Jour. Bob Somerby, kind of a crank in his own right, once called Turley a guy who never saw a president he didn’t think should be impeached.
Mnemosyne
@Steeplejack:
I’m not a big Chaplin fan (I come decidedly down in favor of Keaton in the Silent Comedian Wars) but I have City Lights on the teevee while I’m waiting for us to head out to dinner and both Charlotte and Keaton seem fascinated by it.
(Well, until sleep overtook them, but they are cats, after all.)
Steeplejack
@Mnemosyne:
I like both Chaplin and Keaton (and Harold Lloyd), but Chaplin’s more sentimental stuff wears on me a little. That’s why The Gold Rush is my favorite.
Mnemosyne
@Steeplejack:
I’ll go way to the non-sentimental side and say that my favorite Chaplin is Monsieur Verdoux.
handsmile
@Steeplejack:
I posted the reply (below) to you on this morning’s Open Thread about the actually important football game this weekend. Don’t know whether you saw it then, don’t know whether you’ll see it now. (It’s too bad that Randinho no longer regularly makes an appearance around here.)
Steeplejack
@Mnemosyne:
That’s a good one. I was thinking of The Kid and City Lights as veering into the treacly for me (although both have redeeming qualities).
Steeplejack
@handsmile:
Thanks for the heads-up. On my cable system it just said “Repeat,” which usually means that it’s a rerun of a game that was shown on a premium channel earlier in the day (or shown earlier in the week). If it’s older than that, the listing usually adds, e.g., “from October 2011.”
I’ll be up to catch the game tomorrow morning. Thanks again!